Collar.



E. L. BEVINGTON.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

I 3 1 5655 22656 as.

0s. 6. 2mm

UNITED STATES EDWIN L. BEVINGTON,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF CHIGAGO, ILLINQIS.

COLLAR,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. BEVINGTON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at 4 Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to collars such as are usually detachably connected to a shirt, though collars embodying my improved construction may be applied permanently to a shirt with equal advantage, and relates particularly to the high band fold and to the turned down types of construction, wherein the cravat is adapted to be placed between the folds.

The principal objects of my invention are to provide a collar of the class described wherein a substantial saving of material and reduction of number of processes of manufacture, and a consequent lessening of expense may be attained, and collars thereby produced more economically; to provide a collar wherein the tendency to pinch the cravat between the folds is obviated; to provide a collar that is readily reversible and may be worn either side out to equal advantage, and thereby if desired not only reduce the amount of laundrying required, but also increase the life of the collar which is shortened by repeated laundrying, and by presentingl two surfaces for wear enable the collar to e worn after one of the surfaces has become serrated or soiled; to provide a collar the inner fold of which will not buckle against the outer fold and thereby destroy the contour of the outer fold; to provide a collar made of a single piece of material throughout its entire width 5 to provide means for reinforcing the collar at the points normally receiving the most wear, and to insure that when folded such collar is folded on a curve or are requisite to give the collar the proper contour, together with such other objects and advanta as will hereinafter appear and will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which my invention relates. v

To accomplish the objects stated I have '50 provided the construction illustrated in the i accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a view, partly in section, em-

bodying my improvements, taken before the collar is folded for use;

Figure 2 is a View of the collar folded and ready to wear and Figure 3 is a section taken on the line l.[IlII of Figure 2.

It will be noted that in constructing a collar containing my improvements 1 provide a sheet of material, l, forming one entire face of the flat collar before folding and a second sheet of n1aterial,5, forming the other entire flat face, though it will be apparent that if the contour of the faces, l and 5, permits I may make the entire superficial area of the collar of one piece of material by folding on the line 6. Between the surfaces or folds, 4: and 5, an interlining, 7, is inserted, if desired, in order to give the collar the required thickness or body.

Between the surfaces or folds, 4; and 5, or between one of them and the interlining, 7, ifsuch be used, I insert narrow strips of material, 8 and 8, throughout the entire length of the collar, which material is inof which is immediately above the button hole, 10, at the back of the neck, the ends of such line gradually approaching the button holes, 11 and 12, at the front of the collar, so that when the collar is folded such fold will take place between the strips, 8, 8, and the inner band of the collar Will stand away from the outer portion as indicated in Figure 3 and leave room for the insertion of the cravat without pinching or buckling.

From an inspection of E1gure 1 it; Wlll be apparent that when the collar is folded along the line, 9, it may be folded in either direction with equal facility and to equal advantage, and that when the surface, 4, is soiled or frayed the collar may be reversed and the surface, 5, used and the discomfort of soiled or frayed linen avoided. It will also be seenthat the placing of the strips 8, 8 between the sheets 4 and 5 protects such strips from displacement and permits the collar to be readily ironed.'

illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent is the follovvin 1. A fold over member of the character sorted on a curved line, 9, the highest point Having thus described my invention and described comprisin a pair of continuous terposed between the sheets vad'acent the opposing sheets fo ded over intermediate line of folding, one on either si e of such their edges with a guide strip interposed beline. tween the sheets ad acent the line of folding In testimony whereof I have hereunto 5 over but entirely at one side of such line of slgned my name in the presence of the two 15 folding over. subscribed witnesses. I

2. A fold over member of the character EDWIN L. BEVINGTON. described comprising a pair of continuous Witnesses: opposing sheets folded over intermediate PAUL CARPENTER,

10 their edges with a pair of guide strips in- GEO. C. DAVIBON. 

